#AE7826#AE7826

#AE7826 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.116 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7826
RGB	rgb(174, 120, 38)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 13.87, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 52.51, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.0338 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.116 73)
XYZ	xyz(24.5237, 22.5737, 4.8989)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7826 #265CAE

analogous

#AE3426 #AE7826 #A0AE26

triadic

#AE7826 #26AE78 #7826AE

tetradic

#AE7826 #26AE34 #265CAE #AE26A0

square

#AE7826 #26AE34 #265CAE #AE26A0

split-complementary

#AE7826 #26A0AE #3426AE

monochromatic

#4A3310 #7C551B #AE7826 #D5983D #E0B36F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#AE7826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#AE7826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7826

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7826	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE6A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 120, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.116 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e66',
    500: '#ae7826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7826;
$custom-light: #cb9e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61397,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7826

secondary

#6A8EC6

accent

#83E741

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7826

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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